Thanks Paul and all those who replied to my post.
73,
NE7P Steve
Quoting "Paul W. Gallier" <p.gallier@comcast.net>:
> Steve:
>
> I recently installed the OT-11 tuner in my Orion and had no trouble.
> The installation is a cinch. One wire was soldered (I guess the 13
> v.) and the rest was one plug connection (for control, I guess) and
> two mini coax connecters for the rf in and out of the tuner. The
> most time was taking off all the Torx screws at the back. Total time
> about 1 hour.
>
> Operation was immediate after firing up. The "socking" of relays at
> first made me wonder, but they work fast. Like they say, coming back
> to a previous frequency, it only takes 1-2 seconds. One can request
> a complete new search for a tune by multiple pushing of the TUNE
> button. The SWR bridge must be different than Orion's, so you may
> see a bit different SWR after tuning compared to the Orion when
> transmitting. This is my first autotuner. It apparently cannot find
> the absolute min SWR like a manual one can. Sometimes it will settle
> for a 1.5 or 1.6 SWR. But much of the time it will find a 1.0 SWR.
>
> It works.
>
> Paul, WQ1C
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